Tuesday Crossword — March 17, 2009 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/17/2009. By Richard Chisholm.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Comprehend (5)
- GRASP
- 6 Across: Contemptible (4)
- BASE
- 10 Across: Shade of many a swimming pool basin (4)
- AQUA
- 14 Across: Surgeon's tool (5)
- LASER
- 15 Across: Web addresses (4)
- URLS
- 16 Across: Parts of a tea set (4)
- CUPS
- 17 Across: Sprightly (5)
- AGILE
- 18 Across: Politician's goal (4)
- SEAT
- 19 Across: Give the heave-ho (4)
- TOSS
- 20 Across: 1940s hit radio show featuring the bartender Archie (12)
- DUFFYSTAVERN
- 23 Across: Salad additive (3)
- OIL
- 24 Across: Marveled audibly (at) (5)
- OOHED
- 28 Across: 1939 James Joyce novel (13)
- FINNEGANSWAKE
- 33 Across: Second-smallest state: Abbr. (3)
- DEL
- 34 Across: Instrument held with two hands (4)
- OBOE
- 35 Across: Pakistani leader, 1977-88 (3)
- ZIA
- 36 Across: 1960s sitcom about a group of castaways (15)
- GILLIGANSISLAND
- 41 Across: G.I. entertainers (3)
- USO
- 42 Across: X ___ xylophone (4)
- ASIN
- 43 Across: Work unit (3)
- ERG
- 44 Across: 1946 Bing Crosby hit (13)
- MCNAMARASBAND
- 49 Across: Blog messages (5)
- POSTS
- 50 Across: Sculler's item (3)
- OAR
- 51 Across: 1960s sitcom set in a P.O.W. camp (12)
- HOGANSHEROES
- 59 Across: On the briny (4)
- ASEA
- 62 Across: "Am ___ late?" (4)
- ITOO
- 63 Across: ___ cotta (5)
- TERRA
- 64 Across: Wimbledon surface (4)
- LAWN
- 65 Across: Head for (4)
- GOTO
- 66 Across: Jew traditionally dressed in a black coat and hat (5)
- HASID
- 67 Across: Canned (4)
- AXED
- 68 Across: Period of time (4)
- SPAN
- 69 Across: Solo (5)
- ALONE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Delighted (4)
- GLAD
- 2 Down: Prego competitor (4)
- RAGU
- 3 Down: "Yeah, right!" (4)
- ASIF
- 4 Down: "To thine own ___ be true" (4)
- SELF
- 5 Down: Victimize (6)
- PREYON
- 6 Down: Ado (6)
- BUSTLE
- 7 Down: Geographical datum (4)
- AREA
- 8 Down: Czech, e.g., but not a Hungarian (4)
- SLAV
- 9 Down: Ferrara ruling family (4)
- ESTE
- 10 Down: Ad exhortation (6)
- ACTNOW
- 11 Down: Status ___ (3)
- QUO
- 12 Down: Good times (3)
- UPS
- 13 Down: Numbskull (3)
- ASS
- 21 Down: Transgress (3)
- SIN
- 22 Down: Kentucky Derby prize (5)
- ROSES
- 25 Down: Sand trap, e.g. (6)
- HAZARD
- 26 Down: Barely making, with "out" (5)
- EKING
- 27 Down: Defunct (4)
- DEAD
- 28 Down: Prison population (6)
- FELONS
- 29 Down: Needing a doctor's attention (3)
- ILL
- 30 Down: "___ Fly Now" ("Rocky" theme) (5)
- GONNA
- 31 Down: Tummy muscles (3)
- ABS
- 32 Down: "___ won't!" (3)
- NOI
- 33 Down: Establishment with a revolving mirrored ball (5)
- DISCO
- 36 Down: Forrest ___, 1994 Oscar-winning role (4)
- GUMP
- 37 Down: Schoolyard retort (5)
- IAMSO
- 38 Down: Fed. property overseer (3)
- GSA
- 39 Down: Publicize (3)
- AIR
- 40 Down: Novelist Deighton (3)
- LEN
- 45 Down: Available (6)
- ATHAND
- 46 Down: "Already?" (6)
- SOSOON
- 47 Down: "Rubbish!" (3)
- BAH
- 48 Down: First name in soul (6)
- ARETHA
- 52 Down: Play dates? (4)
- GIGS
- 53 Down: Surmounting (4)
- ATOP
- 54 Down: ___ bene (4)
- NOTA
- 55 Down: Down-to-earth (4)
- REAL
- 56 Down: Roughly (4)
- ORSO
- 57 Down: Land that's saluted in this puzzle (4)
- ERIN
- 58 Down: Marquis de ___ (4)
- SADE
- 59 Down: Menu phrase (3)
- ALA
- 60 Down: Instrument famously played by Bill Clinton on "The Arsenio Hall Show" (3)
- SAX
- 61 Down: One catching a ram's eye (3)
- EWE
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